Sentences with phrase «of moderate voters»

And 54 percent of moderate voters still think highly of him, while 37 percent of moderates have an unfavorable opinion of him, the poll showed.

Labour has transformed itself to become a party representing the narrow views of those well to the left of moderate voters.

As the leading moderate, centrist and populist political party, the Reform Party of the United States represents the sixty percent of moderate voters ignored by the Democratic and Republican incumbents.

As the leading moderate, centrist and populist political party, it represents the sixty percent of moderate voters ignored by the Democratic and Republican incumbents.

Recent budget cuts, blamed on a deflating bitumen bubble, also threaten to unravel the coalition of moderate voters who carried her party to victory one year ago.

Despite the rough first year, Premier Redford's Tories still have at least three years left until the next election to fulfill the promises made and mend fences with the bloc of moderate voters who saved their party from defeat one year ago today.

Not exact matches

Considering Trump has convinced voters that he's qualified for the position based on his experience as a businessman, an endorsement from Bloomberg, a successful billionaire businessman, could help Clinton win over some voters, especially swing voters and moderate Republicans wary of a Trump presidency.

Fifty - four percent of self - identified liberals sided with Sanders, while the smaller group of self - identified moderate Democratic primary voters cast their ballots for Clinton.

Warren is expected to try tugging her party toward more progressive policies, while some more moderate Democrats are emphasizing the need to appeal to the type of working - class white voters who helped Trump win Midwestern states carried in recent elections by Democrats.

Mr Howard suffered a spate of bad polls in his first term, taking a hit from conservative voters over gun control and from moderate voters over the GST and failing to respond to the Pauline Hanson phenomenon.

But it does raise to the question of where moderate conservative voters and political activists will find a new home if Alberta's Conservative parties shift further to the political right.

The historical success of the PC Party in Alberta between 1971 and 2015 was not based on adherence to conservative ideology but on the ability of its leaders to build a big blue tent of conservative, moderate and liberal voters.

While this meant that the Garrisons and the Sumners were unpopular with swing voters, their more inflammatory form of anti-slavery politics made it easier for somewhat more moderate (in both tone and substance) politicians to campaign on opposition to slavery.

Plus, talking up religious liberty is likely less of a turnoff for moderate voters than is talk about bans on abortion and gay marriage, traditionally the top concerns of religious conservatives.

This week, Republicans face a delicate balancing act in trying to assuage the concerns of moderate women voters while also satisfying its religiously conservative base.

Of great significance was the fact that two black Democratic candidates, David Dinkins in New York City and Douglas Wilder in Virginia, used their support for legalized abortion to persuade white voters that their politics were «moderate» and «mainstream.»

The research, from YouGov, suggests 13 % of voters would follow moderate MPs if they were to form a new party, leaving the Corbyn - led rump with just 21 % support.

But, aware that the prospect of a second referendum plays badly with even moderate «Yes» voters, the SNP will spend the next six weeks playing down the independence dimension while the Tories place it at the centre of their campaign, an attempt to turn the general election into a referendum on a referendum.

I assume that under the existing system, the focus is on swing states, which contain moderate voters, which means convincing moderate supporters of one candidate to vote for the other candidate instead, or convincing moderate supporters of one candidate to get out and vote for them, or convincing moderate supporters of the opposing candidate to stay at home on election day.

As the former leader of the New York State Assembly is currently on trial for his life, and a second former State leader is expected to begin his corruption trial next week, I probably don't need to tell you that frustration with the current state of affairs could encourage moderate and independent voters to embrace a party promising — well, reform.

The 2016 DNC was engineered to speak not just to the progressive base of the party, but also to moderate Democrats, independent voters, and yes, even moderate Republicans.

By contrast, only about half of moderate or liberal Republicans were likely voters, according to Pew's model.

Support cuts across ideological lines and geographic regions, with 64 percent of liberal, 57 percent of moderate, and 52 percent of conservative voters, as well as 60 percent of New York City dwellers and 55 percent of both Upstate and suburban residents standing behind reform.

That is about the same as the figure for Democrats generally: — about half of them were likely voters, with little difference among conservative, moderate and liberal Democrats.

Lindsay won a three - way race in 1969 against two conservative candidates by cobbling together a coalition of liberal, moderate Jewish and emerging minority voters.

That was because their efforts to control the grassroots were based on a misconception of local parties and members, who were seen as dangerous radicals who would thwart the modernisers» ambition to make the party more responsive to more moderate voters.

Here «opposition» meant accepting the Right's axioms and offering voters a moderated policy package of those axioms.

The debate, moderated by Judy Samuelson of the League of Women Voters and David E. Rattray, the editor of The Star, gave candidates a chance to answer questions submitted by audience members.

And of course the best way for voters to compare candidates is face to face interviews [debates] moderated by individuals that know what questions need to be asked and aren't afraid to ask them.

Thompson's reasoning: With Paladino at the top of the Taxpayers ticket, the chances are higher for the creation of a new third party, which could perhaps rival the state Conservative Party — a big goal of some right - leaning voters who are upset with Chairman Mike Long and his decision to back a moderate like Lazio.

Hosted by the New York League of Conservation Voters Education Fund, the forum was moderated by North Fork Environmental Council president Bill Toedter.

«The election of Bill de Blasio and a far left agenda has made voters want a more moderate voice in Congress,» said Jessica Proud, a GOP consultant who worked on Mr. Donovan's 2015 campaign.

The event, co-presented by the League of Women Voters of Albany County and the Women's Press Club of New York State, was moderated by Susan Arbetter, host of WCNY's «The Capitol Pressroom,» a syndicated public radio program about state politics.

These results from suburbs in nearly every corner of the state strengthen Democratic hopes that moderate voters will be less inclined to back Republicans as long as Trump is the face of the party.

As a moderate independent the GOP could grab my attention by making the neutralizing of special interests a top priority with publicly financed elections, non-partisan redistricting, universal voter registration, open primaries, etc..

For a sufficiently informed electoral, this voting scheme should make a plurality victory by an extremist less likely, since to guarantee a victory the candidate needs a larger proportion of positive voters to counteract negative voters who don't have strong views between the moderates.

«For the Tories to learn the wrong lessons from Eastleigh and exclusively pursue the Ukip leaners would be to leave the part of the field occupied by moderate centrist and even centre - right voters wide open to the Lib Dems.»

Democrats, women, liberals, moderates, New York City, black, and Jewish voters and voters over the age of 55 said the incident should lead to stronger gun control laws, while Republicans, men, conservatives, and upstaters said some acts of violence simply can't be prevented.

By seeking to prevent Momentum from pushing for a more left - wing Labour Party, the moderates want to continue appealing to those voters who are disengaged from the political process yet vote based on a range of real world issues.

In was their view that Sinema, with her fundraising strength and middle - of - the - road persona, might just have posed the biggest threat in the tough race to beat McCain, a moderate, self - proclaimed «maverick» who scores well with the state's independent - minded voters.

In this debate preview, the candidates were asked why voters should not re-elect Katko, who has been viewed as more of a moderate Republican.

Half of voters see Cuomo as a moderate and, by a two - to - one margin, voters see him as a pragmatic, rather than partisan, Democrat.»

The pre-taped panels, which will air on the three consecutive Sundays leading up to September 9th primary elections, are presented in collaboration with the League of Women Voters of the City of New York and moderated by Ben Max, Executive Editor of Gotham Gazette, and Marlene Peralta, Senior Political Reporter at El Diario.

Former Rep. Amo Houghton of Corning, a moderate Republican who long served a sprawling Southern Tier congressional district, signed on to a joint statement with 29 other retired GOP lawmakers urging voters to reject their party's presidential nominee.

There's a genuine difference of opinion between the Cuomo and de Blasio administration on charters, but the move also stands to benefit Cuomo politically: Along with his opposition to the pre-K tax hike, it cements the governor's position as a moderate bulwark against the more liberal de Blasio on education, appealing to voters outside the city and preemptively shutting down a potential area of attack by his Republican challenger as he runs for re-election.

There is a significant number of party - unaffiliated voters to woo as well as moderate Democrats and Republicans, but most of the votes in play for Dietl or Malliotakis are largely out of the de Blasio target area to begin with.

The recent Irene disaster haunted Olive's Meet the Candidate event, moderated by the Mid-Hudson league of Women Voters at the town's meeting hall in Shokan on Saturday, October 22.

In particular, Democrats sense an opening in the race for the Nassau County seat being vacated by Mr. Martins, as well as other seats on Long Island and in the Hudson Valley, where there are plenty of the moderate suburban voters most likely to be turned off by Mr. Trump.

One of the big reasons is that there are millions and millions of moderate independent voters who are VERY uncomfortable with the idea of being affiliated with a virtually all - white party.

But consider whether this is more or less likely in the context of AV: there would have been more second preference votes that had the potential to be transferred from both the Lib Dem candidate and the Tory candidate than from the BNP candidate, so Woolas would surely have been far more likely to try to appeal to moderate voters than to try to appeal to those considering voting for the BNP had AV been used instead of FPTP.